EditorialClement XI, disagreement over the kingdom of Naples and Sicily, Silver Medal Front: man's chest piece with tiara inside an inscription. Reverse: galloping horse shedding its headcloth within inscription, above inscription., Christian Wermuth, Gotha, 17...
EditorialEmblem: fountain Christ fountain, Christ on a fountain. His blood flows into the fountain. He is the Fountain of Life (Fons vitae) where mankind comes to feast on., Fons Vitae, 'Fons Pietatis ' Christ standing on or near a fountain, shedding his blood,...
EditorialBirds in the Garden of Eden. Holkham Bible Picture Book. England, circa 1320-1330. [Detail] In the Garden of Eden, singing birds sit on the top of six trees; referring to the beauty of birdsong in Paradise. In the centre, a pelican has her nest on the ...
EditorialGrand Duke Dmitri shedding tears and addressing his chiefs, discussing the unfavourable aspects of the recent battle. . Skazanie o Mamaevom Poboishche (the Tale of the Rout of Mamai). 17th century. The Skazanie is a romance in Russian Church Slavonic,...
EditorialTemptation of Adam and Eve. Holkham Bible Picture Book. England; circa 1320-1330. [Whole folio] Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, which is surrounded by battlements, a symbol of virginity. They stand before God, who has his fingers raised in admoniti...
EditorialMetamorphosis of a silkworm, from young caterpillar, shedding skin, spinning silk cocoon, chrysalis stage, and emergence as moth. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792. Fried...